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RNS Number : 9477P  NatWest Group plc  13 December 2024

13 December 2024

 

NatWest Group plc

Directorate Changes

 

Further to the announcement on 26 July 2024, NatWest Group plc ('NWG')
announces that Mark Seligman, non-executive director and Senior Independent
Director, will retire from the NWG Board on 31 March 2025. Lena Wilson,
independent non-executive director, will assume the role of Senior Independent
Director from 1 April 2025.

 

In addition, NWG announces the appointment of Gill Whitehead as an independent
non-executive director with effect from 8(th) January 2025.

 

Rick Haythornthwaite, Chair of NWG, said:

 

"I would like to thank Mark Seligman for his significant contribution to the
Board and its committees since his appointment in April 2017. During his
tenure, Mark has dedicated significant time to NatWest and has been a highly
valued director and colleague. We will miss his wise counsel and contributions
around the Board table. He leaves with our very best wishes for the future.

 

Lena Wilson is a highly experienced Board member who has demonstrated strong
leadership and is highly regarded by her fellow directors.  I am confident
she will make a valuable contribution to the Board as Senior Independent
Director.  In addition, Lena will continue to chair the Group Performance
& Remuneration Committee.

 

Finally, I am delighted to welcome Gill Whitehead to the NWG Board.   Gill's
deep expertise in data science and analytics, emerging customer focused
technologies, global technology regulation and digital transformation are all
highly relevant skills. She will be a strong addition to the Board."

 

Gill recently stepped down from her role as Group Director, Online Safety at
Ofcom.  She currently serves as Chair of Rugby World Cup 2025, Chair of the
Audit Committee and non-executive director of the British Olympic Association
and Chair of the Audit Committee and non-executive director of Informa PLC.
Gill's biography is set out below.

 

There are no further matters requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 6.4.8R.

 

For further information contact:

NatWest Group Investor Relations:

Claire Kane

Director of Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7672 1758

 

NatWest Group Media Relations:

+44 (0) 131 523 4205

 

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Gill Whitehead Biography

 

Gill has over 25 years of executive experience in the technology and media
sectors having worked at Ofcom, Google, Channel 4 and the BBC. She is a
Visiting Policy Fellow at the University of Oxford's Internet Institute,
focussing on global developments in online and AI safety. Her Board experience
as Chair, Audit Committee Chair and Non-Executive Director spans FTSE 50
companies, public bodies and sport.

 

Gill has spent the last few years mobilising tech regulation in the UK,
including leading for Ofcom the implementation of one of the UK's most
significant pieces of new tech legislation, the Online Safety Act. She also
led the establishment of several key regulatory partnerships, including as the
inaugural Chief Executive of the UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, on
behalf of the UK's largest regulators including the Financial Conduct
Authority, and as Chair of the Global Online Safety Regulators Network.

 

Previously, Gill was Google UK's Senior Director of Client Solutions &
Analytics, leading teams in data science and analytics, measurement and user
experience, having also led their market insights function across EMEA. Before
the world of tech, Gill worked in media at Channel 4 and the BBC in a variety
of data and technology-driven leadership roles.

 

Gill is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Having previously
been a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Ombudsman Service and Camelot
(operator of the National Lottery), Gill's current Board roles are
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Informa plc, Non-Executive
Director and Audit Committee Chair of the British Olympic Association, and
Chair of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025.

 

 

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